Landmines & UXO:        Rats that detect landmines and "unexploded 
ordnance".

    One trained rat can clear 100 square metres in 30 minutes
    Rats are too light to set off landmines.


TB:                APOPO trains African giant pouched rats to detect 
TB in sputum
                      samples, as a cheap and fast alternative to 
smear microscopy.

                        www.apopo.org

Adopt a rat today (no joke)
Hero rat!

        http://herorat.org/

        Play the rat landmine game.
        (Classic minesweeper- unlike in real life, here the rats can 
die)
        Read about the boy Bart who liked pet rats and grew up and ...


 

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